Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee
June 1-2, 2000 Meeting
Date and Time
The meeting will be held on June 1, 2000, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and on June 2, 2000, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Location
Holiday Inn-Gaithersburg, Ballroom, 2 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD. 20879, 301-948-8900.
Contact Person
William Freas or Sheila D. Langford, 301-827-0314. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
Agenda
On June 1, 2000, the committee will discuss policies for deferral of blood and plasma donors because of their possible exposure to the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). On June 2, 2000, the committee will discuss the
scientific merit of leukoreduction as a method to reduce the theoretical risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and/or new variant CJD (nvCJD) in blood and blood components for transfusions as well as plasma for manufacture into derivatives. In the afternoon the committee will receive an update on the regulatory status of human dura mater.
Oral Presentations
On June 1, 2000, between approximately 1:30 - 2:00 pm and 3:10 to 3:25 pm, and on June 2, 2000, between approximately 10:45 to 11:15 am and 1:45 to 2:00 pm oral presentations from the public will be scheduled. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before May 22, 2000.
Closed Committee Delibrations
On June 1, 2000, from 5:15 to 5:30 pm the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of trade secret and/or confidential information (5 U.S.C. 552b (c) (4)).
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